Dr Sanjeev Patel - Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist

Tel / Fax no.: 020 8769 2553

Email : drsanjeevpatel@aol.com

Common Diseases

Information from patient organisations in the UK

Arthritis & Rheumatism Campaign	Information on many common diseases and their treatments	www.arc.org.uk
National Osteoporosis Society	Information about osteoporosis	www.nos.org.uk
National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society	Information about rheumatoid arthritis	www.rheumatoid.org.uk
Lupus UK	Information about systemic lupus erythematosus or lupus	www.lupusuk.com
National Ankylosing Spondylitis Association	Information about ankylosing spondylitis	www.nass.co.uk

Selected sites with patient information

A	Achilles tendonitis	Achilles tendonitis
	Ankylosing spondylitis	Ankylosing spondylitis (NASS website) Ankylosing spondylitis (arc website)
	Arthroscopy (knee)	Arthroscopy - Knee (BUPA website)
B	Back pain	Back Pain (arc website) Back pain (BUPA website) Back pain (Medinfo site) Lumbar disc prolapse Spinal stenosis Spondylolisthesis Spondylolysis
C	Carpal tunnel syndrome	Carpal tunnel syndrome (Patient UK site)
	Cervical spondylitis	Cervical spondylitis (Patient UK site)
	Cubital tunnel syndrome	Cubital tunnel syndrome Cubital tunnel syndrome (Handworld site)
D	De Quervain's tenosynovitis	de Quervain's information (Hand School)
E	Elbow	Golfers elbow Tennis elbow
F	Fibromyalgia	Fibromyalgia (arc site)
G	Golfers elbow	Golfers elbow
	Gout	Gout (arc website) Gout (medinfo website)
	Guyon's canal syndrome	Guyon's canal syndrome
L	Lupus	See "Systemic Lupus Erythematosus" below
M	Meralgia paraesthetica	Meralgia paraesthetica (emedicine site) Meralgia paraesthetica (netdoctor site)
O	Osteoarthritis	Osteoarthritis (arc site) Osteoarthritis arthritis care guide This is a booklet (670kb)
	Osteoporosis	Osteoporosis(NOS website)
P	Plantar fasciitis	Plantar fasciitis (Patient UK site)
	Polymyalgia rheumatica	Polymyalgia rheumatica (arc site) Polymyalgia rheumatica (netdoctor site)
	Psoriaritic arthritis	Psoriaritic arthritis (arc site) Psoriaritic arthritis (Psoriaritic arthritis alliance)
R	Reactive arthritis	Reactive arthritis (arc site)
	Rheumatoid arthritis	Rheumatoid arthritis (National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society site) Rheumatoid arthritis (arc site) Rheumatoid arthritis (Patient UK site) Rheumatoid arthritis - arthritis care guide This is a booklet (987kb)
S	Sciatica	Sciatica (Medinfo site)
	Scleroderma	Scleroderma (arc site)
	Shoulder pain	Frozen shoulder Painful shoulder (arc site) Rotator cuff tear
	Sjogren's syndrome	Sjogren's syndrome (arc site)
	Systemic lupus erythematosus	SLE (arc site) SLE (Lupus UK site)
T	Tennis elbow	Tennis elbow (arc site) Tennis elbow
	Trochanteric bursitis	Trochanteric bursitis
V	Vasculitis	Vasculitis (e.g. temporal arteritis)
	Vertebroplasty	Vertebroplasty (PDF file)

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